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CVE-2022-41322

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-09-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-116

Description

In Kitty before 0.26.2, insufficient validation in the desktop notification escape sequence can lead to arbitrary code execution. The user must display attacker-controlled content in the terminal, then click on a notification popup.

Affected products

• Fedoraproject Fedora: 36, 37
• kitty project Kitty: before 0.26.2 — fixed in 0.26.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: kitty project Kitty 0.26.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugs.gentoo.org/868543
• https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/commit/f05783e64d5fa62e1aed603e8d69aced5e49824f
• https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/compare/v0.26.1...v0.26.2
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/47RK7MBSVY5BWDUTYMJUFPBAYFSWMTOI/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6RRNAPU33PHEH64P77YL3AJO6CTZGHTX/
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-22
• https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/changelog/#detailed-list-of-changes
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/868543
• https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/commit/f05783e64d5fa62e1aed603e8d69aced5e49824f
• https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/compare/v0.26.1...v0.26.2
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00000.html
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/47RK7MBSVY5BWDUTYMJUFPBAYFSWMTOI/

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